{"id":302261,"date":"2020-12-16T14:17:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T12:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=302261"},"modified":"2020-12-16T14:17:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T12:17:22","slug":"the-week-in-pictures-december-7-13-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/the-week-in-pictures-december-7-13-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Pictures: December 7 – 13, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winter has settled, the snow has covered the fields and the Orthodox world prepares for the most important feast at the end of the year: the Nativity of the Lord. We invite you to see our selection of pictures taken between December 7 and 13, 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pilgrims visited Curtea de Arge\u0219 Monastery to pay homage to the Holy Martyr Philothea. Photo: Facebook \/ Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bishop Silouan of Sinope visited the Greek Orthodox School in Darwin, Northern Australia. Photo: Vema.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Snoeflakes and clear sky at Sucevi\u021ba Monastery. Photo: Oly Ol\u0103rean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An old woman praying with her grand-daughter at Sih\u0103stria Monastery. Photo: Ioana Condurache<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The online meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was chaired by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. Photo: Press Service of the Moscow Patriarchate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Snow covered the Romanian Patriarchate Hill for the first time this year. Photo: Twitter \/ Aurelian Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Night view of Sih\u0103stria Monastery. Photo: Bogdan Bulgariu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Co\u0219oteni Monastery in the county of Teleorman, in sparkling-white snow. Photo: Co\u0219oteni Monastery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Ignatie, Bishop of Hu\u0219i, with an elderly lady who is a beneficiary of the project \u201cJoy at home\u201d, a programme destined for building and furnishing houses for socially vulnerable people. Photo: Diocese of Hu\u0219i<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bucharest\u2019s Patriarchate Hill at night. Photo: Claudia Ilinca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Monastic tonsure at Sih\u0103stria Monastery. Photo: Doxologia \/ Bogdan Bulgariu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Church in America has decorated the Christmas tree. Photo: GOA \/ Dimitrios Panagos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest reflected in a melted-snow pool. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Buddhist monk visiting St Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Twitter \/ @Nikolajkim_<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vespers on the eve of the feast of St Spyridon at the New St Spyridon Cathedral in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova blessing a child at the Old St Spyridon Church in Bucharest. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The feast of St Spyridon on the Island of Corfu was celebrated without the participation of the faithful. Photo: imcorfu.gr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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